Flying Dutchman

Happy Easter folks to those that follow, and ALL enjoy whatever the weekend brings

(I shan't post a chart as you know they'd all look pretty much the same, as always )

If you're trading today, in maybe reduced liquidity, well first trade safe
(as YOU might be the liquidity thay have been waiting for).
And then trade 'em smart

Wishing all a great weekend ahead
But why do I even bother uploading a chart when (functionally) there was no business taking place (ie big boys)

Well, it always gets me to wondering (tho, who knows really) whether an aggregational algo is swimming around like a shark in pool,
maybe even buying and selling (from itself)
to create an illusion of activity / liquidity when there is none essentially.

And if so (again, who knows) what then are those big price runners times in normal days, in either direction (or BOTH), where price shoots off to a wider target.
All just some Sat’dy pondering lol about yesterday where I didn’t trade GJ at all.


But back to proper business on London Open next Tuesday I imagine
(when the “City of” folk might examine the current pool aggregation holdings)


But all just my imagination more likely (Rolling Stones)
Trade SAFE folks, and then trade well


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Many Banks again closed for Easter Monday today.

Tread warily imo (won't stop the diehards, , some will profit, some won't I guess)
I'll have another rest day I reckon now (watching the footy, horseracing ... AND Stawell Gift )



Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform;
they entice him with something he is certain to take,
and with lures of ostensible profit, they await him in strength.
Sun Tzu, The Art Of War
circa 400 BC


Very little is new under the sun it seems
(Sun Tzu would likely have made the perfect market maker/bank trading desk manager )

Regardless of who is X'ing
the market still appears to run true to script


And,
Who then doesn't love the smell of market makers
first thing (they wake up) in the morning

Trade 'em safe folks and, THEN, trade 'em well


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Not harping, not back-patting
Just, best way to show the market behaviour and how it might be followed imo


Each to their own, no one way to trade OR one way which is best
Just trade safe folks please, we live in interesting times


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CFD ?

Who then might be the (largest) counterparty



All charts' behaviours usually look similar (well, to me)
Trade 'em safe, then trade 'em well ---- as you may well be taking wins off the biggest and not merely another retail trader
Give 'em heaps

Not something I trade tho
I stick to the manip ooops well organised currency pair(s)

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Whatever method, system, considerations from observation etc we may utilise to assess trade potentials
(and or either entries or exits),

we can maybe have some comfort (?) it might play out to a script of sorts in the end
(script= a form of repetitive organisation ..... or so it seems)


DAX

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No speeches or comments from the BoJ today, as yet "another" ...

Happy birthday day, and a full day holiday for the country and all their bankers.

Trade 'em safe & trade well folks

How GBPJPY went yesterday, and how it looks for the start of the new day


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BoJ Holiday yesterday
Banker holidays are often tradeable days (in both directions imo), although they play to a tighter range, but just the same scripting


The GJ that I usually trade is but a composite of USDJPY and GBPUSD
Here's yesterdays pappy USDJPY review (and includes the start of todays script)

USDJPY

The yens did a walk up & back to script again yesterday in preparation no doubt for the Big Red Rates News (non news, maybe) announcement later today.

And then GBPJPY finished the day right back at the Day Open Line lol
(probably just random luck )

As always, their news announcement timing is tentative
(plenty need to get all their bets on first just j/k)

Looks like it might be between 02:30-03:30 BST/GMT

about 4-5 hrs away from now
https://www.forexlive.com/centralban...-day-20250430/

Trade 'em safe folks, and then trade em well

Just passin' the time here waiting on the JPY News


For the Gold followers

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BoJ were clearly waiting on the sushi train to arrive to get the energy to make the rates announcement
MrU, where are u

Why to play with the rates, while the other CBs are doing the jobs on their behalf. They are enjoying their popcorn with wasabi.

While Jerome gets kicked from pillar to post (probably with reason hahaa )
Mr U gets a free ticket on the Shinkansen (Bullet Train)


Anyways, Gold, I don't trade it
Talk is that China were buying, now selling, who knows what is next for the upmove (or down lol)

I play in the sandbox of GJ and it's NOT ALWAYS fun or successful lol, but somedays play out early (which I prefer).
A good quick Asia morning is over for me.
Blast GJ higher now, slide it lower, (sometimes they just aggregate around in a tight range)
I don't much care now but will slip back pre-Franky to see what they did while I was away.

Trade well all


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GOLD

So what did Gold get up to, from Asia to London open
Has me curious lol, but I don't trade the metals.

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Just cleaning up some views & reviews for the weekend.
(GJ did its thing also with RN to RN, NY Bermuda, and price right back to the Day PP to close off)

Enjoy the weekend


However,
GOLD
USDJPY
US500

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Only in the Land Of The Rising Sun, yet again, imo

Not just today, for Children's Day
BUT
Tomorrow also, in observance of Constitution Day and Greenery Day

MrU and the BoJ will be resting from their currency and enjoying back-to-back public holidays

May the two days go serenely for them


In the meantime, in Forex trading, just trade safe & then well I guess
as (maybe) the algo aggregations may again rule the waters for the linked currencies,
who knows.

In fairness to Mr U & the BoJ , the BoE also had a day off yesterday as well .

All the best today all.



STATION TO STATION
GBPJPY

Back in my neck of the woods (GJ) ALL central banks are hard back at work

Or so it seems

Who knows, could be business as usual (yet again ) today.
ZERO CB news on the horizon for me today, well, oooops some early morning trading by someone below hahaa

Trade 'em safe folks then trade 'em well

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